President Barack Obama visits LTC Alex Tugushi (March 2)

President Barack Obama talks with LTC Alex Tugushi. Officia White House Photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama talks with LTC Alex Tugushi, a battalion commander of the Georgian forces stationed with U.S. Marines in Helmand Province in Afghanistan, during a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., March 2, 2012. Tugushi's cousin, Alexi Gogrichiani, is also pictured.

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